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Middle age rule(sh.itjust.works)

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PunnyName@lemmy.world
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I’m 42, overweight, and poor. I’m an elderly middle-aged person who’s maybe got 20-25 years to go.

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FunkyMonk@kbin.social
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41 but If I go another 20 with my stress ima be amazed.

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/home/pineapplelover@lemm.ee
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The way you put it like that sounds so crass and soulless.

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aberrate_junior_beatnik@lemmy.world
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It’s just really hard to talk about expected lifetimes and not sound that way.

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Custoslibera@lemmy.world
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It’s true though.

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PunnyName@lemmy.world
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What should it be, then?

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Mario_Dies.wav@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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Something like, “I’m alive, in fairly good health, and I do not define my value by how much I’m able to work or how many years I have left to live.”

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